Re: [R] Draw a circle with a given radius in an existing map

2006-11-07 Thread Uwe Ligges


Xiaomei Ma wrote:
 I have drawn a map in which the X and Y axes are latitude and 
 longitude. Now I need to draw one circle on the map - the center is a 
 point with specific latitude and longitude, but the challenge is that 
 the radius is in miles. Is there a way to do this? I'd very much 
 appreciate your response.


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Uwe Ligges


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Re: [R] Draw a circle with a given radius in an existing map

2006-11-07 Thread Duncan Murdoch
On 11/7/2006 12:11 AM, Xiaomei Ma wrote:
 I have drawn a map in which the X and Y axes are latitude and 
 longitude. Now I need to draw one circle on the map - the center is a 
 point with specific latitude and longitude, but the challenge is that 
 the radius is in miles. Is there a way to do this? I'd very much 
 appreciate your response.

You want the circle to appear to be a circle on the plot, or an accurate 
representation of a circle on the ground (which may not be circular when 
plotted)?

Uwe answered the former.  I don't know the answer to the latter, but 
surely someone does...

Duncan Murdoch

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[R] Draw a circle with a given radius in an existing map

2006-11-06 Thread Xiaomei Ma
I have drawn a map in which the X and Y axes are latitude and 
longitude. Now I need to draw one circle on the map - the center is a 
point with specific latitude and longitude, but the challenge is that 
the radius is in miles. Is there a way to do this? I'd very much 
appreciate your response.

XM

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